Shirly Pinto

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Shirly Pinto is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shirly Pinto has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Shirly Pinto's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (10 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Shirly Pinto is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (10 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Shirly Pinto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Shirly Pinto's co-authors include Sabrina Diano, Tamás L. Horváth, Xiaoli Cai, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Marya Shanabrough, Aaron G. Roseberry, Hongyan Liu, Matthias H. Tschöp, John E. Morley and Balázs Horváth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shirly Pinto

25 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rapid Rewiring of Arcuate Nucleus Feeding Circuits by Leptin

2004 772 citations Shirly Pinto, Sabrina Diano et al. profile →
Ghrelin controls hippocampal spine synapse density and memory performance

2006 678 citations Sabrina Diano, Susan A. Farr et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The gut–brain axis: Identifying new therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related disorders 2021 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Paul Richards, Nancy A. Thornberry, Shirly Pinto	55
2	PAN-AMPK Activation Improves Renal Function in a Rat Model of Progressive Diabetic Nephropathy 2019 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Xiaoyan Zhou, Eric S. Muise, (unknown), Iyassu K. Sebhat, Yonghua Zhu, Franklin Liu, Sandra C. Souza, Yanqing Kan, Shirly Pinto, David E. Kelley, Maarten Hoek	19
3	An integrin antagonist (MK‐0429) decreases proteinuria and renal fibrosis in the ZSF1 rat diabetic nephropathy model 2017 ·Pharmacology Research & Perspectives ·Xiaoyan Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Zhu, Rosemary Mayer‐Ezell, Margarita García‐Calvo, Elizabeth Smith, (unknown), Yanqing Kan, Emanuel Zycband, Yonghua Zhu, Maarten Hoek, Jason M. Cox, Lijun Ma, David E. Kelley, Shirly Pinto	36
4	siRNA-mediated inhibition of SREBP cleavage-activating protein reduces dyslipidemia in spontaneously dysmetabolic rhesus monkeys 2017 ·Metabolism ·Beth Murphy, Marija Tadin‐Strapps, Kristian K. Jensen, Robin Mogg, Andy Liaw, Kithsiri Herath, (unknown), David G. McLaren, Stephen F. Previs, Shirly Pinto	9
5	Triglyceride Synthesis by DGAT1 Protects Adipocytes from Lipid-Induced ER Stress during Lipolysis 2017 ·Cell Metabolism ·Chandramohan Chitraju, Niklas Mejhert, Joel T. Haas, L. Grisell Diaz‐Ramirez, Carrie A. Grueter, Jason E. Imbriglio, Shirly Pinto, Suneil K. Koliwad, Tobias C. Walther, Robert V. Farese	259
6	Identification and characterization of a novel DGAT1 missense mutation associated with congenital diarrhea 2017 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Nina L. Gluchowski, Chandramohan Chitraju, Joseph A. Picoraro, Niklas Mejhert, Shirly Pinto, Winnie Xin, Daniel Kamin, Harland S. Winter, Wendy K. Chung, Tobias C. Walther, Robert V. Farese	39
7	CM-101: Type I Collagen–targeted MR Imaging Probe for Detection of Liver Fibrosis 2017 ·Radiology ·Christian T. Farrar, Eric M. Gale, Richard P. Kennan, Ian Ramsay, Ricard Masia, (unknown), (unknown), Lan Wei, Jayashree Kalpathy–Cramer, (unknown), Chunlian Zhang, Yonghua Zhu, Taro E. Akiyama, Michael Klimas, Shirly Pinto, H.V.K. Diyabalanage, Kenneth K. Tanabe, Valérie Humblet, Bryan C. Fuchs, Peter Caravan	50
8	In Vitro Assays for the Discovery of PCSK9 Autoprocessing Inhibitors 2016 ·SLAS DISCOVERY ·Scott P. Salowe, Lei Zhang, Hratch J. Zokian, Jennifer J. Gesell, Deborah L. Zink, Judyann Wiltsie, Xi Ai, Michael Kavana, Shirly Pinto	2
9	Identification of DGAT2 Inhibitors Using Mass Spectrometry 2015 ·SLAS DISCOVERY ·Xuelei S. Song, Ping Zhang, Xun Chen, Oksana Palyha, Caroline Chung, Lisa M. Sonatore, Larissa Wilsie, Steven J. Stout, David G. McLaren, Andrew K.P. Taggart, Jason E. Imbriglio, Shirly Pinto, Margarita García‐Calvo, George H. Addona	12
10	Identification and Characterization of Sebaceous Gland Atrophy-Sparing DGAT1 Inhibitors 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Eric S. Muise, Yonghua Zhu, Andreas Verras, Bindhu V. Karanam, Judith N. Gorski, Drew T. Weingarth, Hua Lin, Joyce Hwa, John R. Thompson, (unknown), Jian Liu, Shuwen He, Robert J. DeVita, Dong‐Ming Shen, Shirly Pinto	7
11	Pyrazoles as non-classical bioisosteres in prolylcarboxypeptidase (PrCP) inhibitors 2014 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Thomas H. Graham, Min Shu, Andreas Verras, Chen Qing, Margarita García‐Calvo, Xiaohua Li, JeanMarie Lisnock, Xinchun Tong, (unknown), Judyann Wiltsie, Jeffrey J. Hale, Shirly Pinto, Dong‐Ming Shen	15
12	The Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Inhibits Adipose Triglyceride Lipase (ATGL)-mediated Lipid Mobilization and Enhances the ATGL Interaction with Comparative Gene Identification 58 (CGI-58) and Lipid Droplets 2014 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Grégory Camus, Martina Schweiger, Eva Herker, Charles Harris, Andrew S. Kondratowicz, Chia-Lin Tsou, Robert V. Farese, Kithsiri Herath, Stephen F. Previs, Thomas P. Roddy, Shirly Pinto, Rudolf Zechner, Mélanie Ott	30
13	Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase-1 (DGAT1) Inhibition Perturbs Postprandial Gut Hormone Release 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Hua Lin, (unknown), Zhu Shen, Lei Zhu, Xuesong Ouyang, Aurawan Vongs, Yanqing Kan, John M. Levorse, (unknown), Daphne Szeto, Xiaorui Yao, Jianying Xiao, (unknown), Jinqi Liu, (unknown), Myung K. Shin, Shirly Pinto	10
14	Effects of small interfering RNA-mediated hepatic glucagon receptor inhibition on lipid metabolism in db/db mice 2013 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Seongah Han, Taro E. Akiyama, Stephen F. Previs, Kithsiri Herath, Thomas P. Roddy, (unknown), Hong-Ping Guan, Beth Murphy, Lesley A. McNamara, Xun Shen, Walter Strapps, Brian K. Hubbard, Shirly Pinto, (unknown), Jing Li	28
15	Discovery of aminoheterocycles as potent and brain penetrant prolylcarboxypeptidase inhibitors 2012 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Zhicai Wu, (unknown), Thomas H. Graham, Andreas Verras, Renee M. Chabin, Suoyu Xu, Xinchun Tong, Dan Xie, (unknown), (unknown), Margarita García‐Calvo, Zhu Shen, Qing Chen, Kelly Bleasby, Ranabir SinhaRoy, Jeffrey J. Hale, James R. Tata, Shirly Pinto, Steven L. Colletti, Dong‐Ming Shen	4
16	Identification of neuronal subpopulations that project from hypothalamus to both liver and adipose tissue polysynaptically 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sarah A. Stanley, Shirly Pinto, Jeremy Segal, Cristián A. Pérez, Agnès Viale, Jeff DeFalco, Xiaoli Cai, Lora K. Heisler, Jeffrey M. Friedman	154
17	Peptidomic profiling of human cerebrospinal fluid identifies YPRPIHPA as a novel substrate for prolylcarboxypeptidase 2010 ·PROTEOMICS ·Xuemei Zhao, Katie Southwick, Helene L. Cardasis, Yi Du, Michael E. Lassman, Dan Xie, (unknown), Wayne M. Geissler, KellyAnn D. Pryor, Andreas Verras, Margarita García‐Calvo, Dong‐Ming Shen, Nathan A. Yates, Shirly Pinto, (unknown)	8
18	Ghrelin controls hippocampal spine synapse density and memory performance breakdown → 2006 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Sabrina Diano, Susan A. Farr, Stephen C. Benoit, Ewan C. McNay, Ivaldo Silva, Balázs Horváth, (unknown), Naoko Nonaka, Laura Jaeger, William A. Banks, John E. Morley, Shirly Pinto, Robert S. Sherwin, Lin Xu, Kelvin A. Yamada, Mark W. Sleeman, Matthias H. Tschöp, Tamás L. Horváth	678
19	latheo Encodes a Subunit of the Origin Recognition Complex and Disrupts Neuronal Proliferation and Adult Olfactory Memory When Mutant 1999 ·Neuron ·Shirly Pinto, David G. Quintana, Patrick Smith, Robert Mihalek, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Jones, Marvin Hendricks, Klara Velinzon, James A. Wohlschlegel, Richard J. Austin, William S. Lane, Tim Tully, Anindya Dutta	92
20	latheo, a Drosophila Gene Involved in Learning, Regulates Functional Synaptic Plasticity 1999 ·Neuron ·Jeffrey Rohrbough, Shirly Pinto, Robert Mihalek, Tim Tully, Kendal Broadie	76

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